A state-owned enterprise from China bought a huge stake in the Rössing Uranium Mine and immediately began downgrading working conditions…
3900 People Demand Pan American Silver Stop Fueling Violence in Guatemala
15 April 2021, 12.18pm EDT Viviana Herrera Interim Latin America Program Coordinator Dear Pan American Silver, When you purchased the…
How large miners and states stifle local capital and innovation in DR Congo
Ben Radley, University of Bath Sara Geenen, University of Antwerp April 12, 2021 5.23pm SAST Over the last few decades, African governments…
Zimbabwe: Lightning Strikes Dinde Twice – Defiant Villagers Battle to Stop Chinese Coal Project
11 APRIL 2021 Zimbabwe Standard (Harare) By Oscar Nkala Dinde is a sprawling, poverty-stricken community located 40km east of Hwange…
Ecuador’s Presidential Election Down to Two Pro-mining Candidates Despite Anti-mining Movement
9 April 2021, 5.07pm EDT Viviana Herrera Interim Latin America Program Coordinator On Sunday April 11th, 10-million-plus Ecuadorians will decide…
No Relief for 4000 People Affected by Brazil Mine Spill
NEWS RELEASE 7 April 2021, 12.54pm EDT Source: Committee for Human Rights in Latin America (CDHAL) – MiningWatch Canada (Ottawa/Montreal, April…
Barrick Forces Hand of Papua New Guinea Government in Reopening Porgera Mine
NEWS RELEASE 6 April 2021, 4.31pm EDT (Ottawa) Referring repeatedly to legal threats by Barrick Gold Corp., Prime Minister James Marape…
Mining industry takes advantage of pandemic to try to licence 13 projects at once in Minas Gerais, Brazil
Apr 6, 2021 | News On the attempt to approve 13 licencing projects at once at COPAM-MG By Gabriela Sarmet, co-founder of the Coletivo…
Kenya gives Tullow ultimatum over Turkana oil fields
Thursday April 01 2021 Kenya has set a December deadline for British firm Tullow Oil to present a comprehensive investment…
US and Canadian Organizations Alarmed Over Illegal Mining at Goldex Property in Guatemala
30 March 2021, 2.49pm EDT GuatemalaIndigenous Rights Viviana Herrera Interim Latin America Program Coordinator Seven organizations, including MiningWatch Canada, sent…
